University of Massachusets Athletics
Women Finish Eighth At Meet of Champions
October 04, 1999 | Women's Cross Country
Oct. 4, 1999
THE WEEK AHEAD: UMass takes a week off before traveling to Boston for the New England Championships on Friday, October 15.
MEET OF CHAMPIONS: The UMass women?s cross country team finished eighth in the annual Meet of Champions at Van Cortland Park in N.Y. Senior Nicole Way (Marstons Mills, Mass.) paced the UMass team with a 30th place finish in 18:41. Brown won the event with 52 points, placing five runners in the top 20. Boston University took second place in the meet with 67 points, placing four runners in the top 20. Virginia and Boston College tied for third place with 88 points apiece. SHOWING THE WAY: Senior Nicole Way led the Minutewomen to an eighth place finish in the Meet of Champions. Consistency has been Way?s strength, having been among UMass? top seven finishers in every meet over the last two seasons. The 1997 All-Atlantic 10 selection ran her best time of the season at the Meet of Champions in 18:41.
HEAD COACH JULIE LaFRENIERE: Julie LaFreniere is in her 13th season at the helm of Minutewomen cross country/track & field teams. She has led the team to six out of the last eight Atlantic 10 cross country titles, including the last four in a row. While an undergraduate at UMass, LaFreniere led her team to a New England Championship and a ninth-place finish at the first women?s National Championship. The 1977 UMass graduate has been named A-10 Coach of the Year five times, in 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996 and 1997.